How to Find Information

How to Find Information

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How to Find Information

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2.0

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NA

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18Mb

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Lifestyle Education

Last updated

December 15, 2016

Release date

May 12, 2011

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How to Find Information

1) The information gathering process2) The skills required3) Defining the subject4) Defining the purpose and scope of the research5) Setting up and getting started6) Plan of campaign7) Making the most of a library8) Finding information about existing research9) Access to information about research10) Indexes and online databases of research activity11) Research Councils UK and other funding bodies12) Theses13) The type and detail of information required14) Types of information15) Primary and secondary sources16) Multidisciplinarity and subject overlap17) Defining the area and limits of the research18) How much information is appropriate?19) What is already known?20) Planning an information finding strategy21) Discovering relevant materials22) What are abstracts and indexes?23) Online bibliographic databases24) Issues relating to online databases25) e-Books26) Catalogues and bibliographies27) Open access materials28) Other sources and types of information29) Selecting sources relevant to the subject30) The online searching process31) The online searching process32) How to plan a search strategy33) When to run the search34) Evaluating the results35) Saving the results36) Completion of the search37) Citation searching38) Citation indexes39) When to stop40) Electronic citation searching